Hi friends!
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I would like you to explore a Think Quest that a group of fifth graders made about the Oregon Trail. Please click around and learn as much as you can.
Please make a comment sharing interesting facts that you learn! Do not copy and paste.
Click here to explore to the Oregon Trail Think Quest!
I learned Rachel loved to dance I bet she is really good!
ReplyDeleteI found it interesting that crossing a river would take 5 days. I thought it only took a few hours! I didn't know that Cholera was a diarrhea disease either. The website that 5th Graders made is awesome!
ReplyDelete5 days that is a lot
DeleteWhere did you find the "river section"?
DeleteDo you think we could ever do that? I mean making a website with all that complicated stuff......it seems hard.
I thought that it took only one-two hours! Five days is a LOT!
DeleteI think the website is really cool . it seems much harder than i thought to cross a river.
ReplyDeleteI learned...
ReplyDelete1. It was the longest overland trail in North America.
2.Most pioneers walked the 2,000 miles on foot.
3. Crossing a river with their wagon often took five days.
4. Pioneers would often see over 50,000 discarded items along a 20 mile area
5. The worst years for cholera were 1849, 1850, and 1852
I learned SO much more on the website that the fifth graders made, but I cannot write the rest of them.
That's a ling way to walk. I wonder if any of them died of dehydration...
DeleteI think it's interesting how they chose oxen to pull their wagon to Oregon because they are Stronger
ReplyDeleteNeed less water
Less expensive
Not easily scared
Eat prairie grass
Less likely to be stolen
Could eat them if you needed to. But they are also Slow and Not very smart
The organ Trail was a pathway to the west and I never knew until now what manifest destiny meant and that buffalo chips meant.. well you know.
ReplyDeleteI think the website was really cool!! So here are the facts I learned
ReplyDelete#1. Handcarts were made of wood with either rawhide or light metal tires.
#2. A bonnet would protect you from the sun.
#3. Men wore long sleeved flannel shirts with a woolen undershirt.
#4. Women wore skirts or dresses made of Calico designed with gingham stripes or checks with flowers in different colors.
#5. Each person had strong sturdy shoes.
I wonder if Calico is made out of calico cats.
DeleteI found out that it was the longest overland trail in North American,On a regular day they would go about 1.5 to 6 miles a day.The pioneers traveled in a line so the would not get a of dust. Some of the diseases were Cholera,Head and Body Lice, Malaria,and Scurvy
ReplyDeleteI learned that more than 50,000 pioneers went west on a 25 year span
ReplyDeleteI learned the things below
ReplyDelete*That they travel 1.5 to 6 miles on a regular day
*On a good day they traveled 15 to 16 miles a day
*On a muddy day they would on travel 1 mile
*Most pioneers walk 2,000 miles on foot
*Crossing a river with there wagon often took 5 days
*Wagon train would often travel in a single file line to avoid the dust
*The worst years for cholera were 1849, 1850 and 1852
*Children often took bibles along
I found this REALLY cool page on the think quest. You could click on the topic you were looking for. For example, you could click on supplies, pioneers, clothing, diseases, etc., etc. I learned...
ReplyDelete1. Fort Laramie was once called Fort John
2. Fort Boise was also built to compete with Fort Hall
3. Children often took bibles
4. Scurvy will produce swelling and hemorrhaging. This is caused by improper diet.
5.Some of the symptoms for malaria are the chills, sweats, fevers, and abdominal pain. You can get malaria by getting bitten by a malaria infected mosquito. Then the malaria travels through your body to your liver. This is where malaria cells grow rapidly.
They went 1.5 miles a day to even six miles a day for a regular day. On a good day they traveled was 15 to 16. And the pioneers were only able to travel 1 mile on muddy days. And I learned a bunch more.
ReplyDeleteI herd that they played a game called drop the hanker chief.
ReplyDeleteI learned that they put tar under there wagons to make it more water prof and to help crossing rivers.
ReplyDelete* tar=Stick, black stuff that is made from wood or coal
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